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Name: Kyros III The Great King Of Persia
Sex: M
Birth: 570 BC ^b
Death: 529 BC ^d

Parents:

Father:
Kambyses I King Of Persia Birth: 600 BC Death: Abt 554 BC

Mother:

Mandane Birth: 595 BC Death: After 554 BC

Family:
Children:

Artystone
Atossa Birth: Abt 545 BC Death: After 480 BC

Marriage:

Kassandane on Before 555 BC .^m2
Kassandane Birth: 575 BC Death: 539 BC

Children:

Bardiya King Of Persia Death: 522 BC
Smerdis
Kambyses II King Of Persia, Pharaoh Of Egypt Birth: 555 BC Death: 522 BC

Marriage:

Amytis on 554 BC .^m3
Amytis Birth: Abt 585 BC Death: After 554 BC

Marriage:

Neitetis on 545 BC .^m4
Neitetis Birth: 570 BC Death: After 530 BC

Bibliography

Dodson, Aiden, and Dylan Hilton, Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, London: Thames & Hudson, 2004. MCL 932 Dod. Available at http://archive.org/details/AidanDodsonTheCompleteRoyalFamiliesOfAncientEgypt Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Dodson Egypt p[0-9]*].
Settipani, Christian, Nos Ancetres de L'Antiquite, Etudes des possibilites de liens genealogiques entre les familles de l'Antiquite. Paris: Editions Christian, 1991. NYPL #ARB-93-7430. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Settipani LGA p[0-9]*].
Wagner, Anthony, Pedigree and Progress, Essays in the Genealogical Interpretation of History, London, Philmore, 1975. Rutgers Alex CS4.W33. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Wagner PedigreeProgress #[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: [Ref: Settipani LGA p146]; 580 BC [Ref: Settipani LGA p152]; abt 580 BC [Ref: Settipani LGA p144, Settipani LGA p161],
parents:: [Ref: Settipani LGA p152],
father:: [Ref: Dodson Egypt p250, Settipani LGA p144, Settipani LGA p148, Settipani LGA p150]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: Settipani LGA p146]; 530 BC [Ref: Settipani LGA p144, Settipani LGA p161]

Sources with Information about marriage to unknown

child:: [Ref: Dodson Egypt p250, Settipani LGA p144, Settipani LGA p146, Settipani LGA p158]

Sources with Information about marriage to Kassandane

date:: before birth of Kambyses [Ref: Settipani LGA p157]; first marriage of Cyrus [Ref: Wagner PedigreeProgress #5],
child:: [Ref: Dodson Egypt p250, Settipani LGA p144, Settipani LGA p154, Settipani LGA p157, Wagner PedigreeProgress #5]

Sources with Inaccurate marriage information

child:: Artystone (#52051) wife of Dareios I King of Persia, Atossa (#51930) [Ref: Dodson Egypt p250]

Sources with Information about marriage to Amytis

date:: [Ref: Settipani LGA p157]; married after the victory of Kyros over Medie [Ref: Settipani LGA p155]; second marriage of Cyrus [Ref: Wagner PedigreeProgress #5],
names:: [Ref: Settipani LGA p152]

Sources with Information about marriage to Neitetis

date:: when Kambyses was ten years old [Ref: Settipani LGA p155],
names:: [Ref: Settipani LGA p154]

Sources with Inaccurate marriage information

child:: Kambyses II (#52011) King of Persia, Pharaoh [Ref: Settipani LGA p154]

Research Notes:
559-530 BC: King of Persia [Ref: Settipani LGA p144]
554 BC: Grand King of Persia [Ref: Settipani LGA p146]
King of Persia and Medie [Ref: Settipani LGA p152]

one of the bigger conquerers in history [Ref: Settipani LGA p148]

heir of the royal family of Persia (Achemenides) succeeded to the throne in middle of fifth century, by rising up against the Medes and threw the Perses out of power [Ref: Settipani LGA p139]

in imitation of the Eastern kings, he had a herem consisting of numerous concubines or secondary spouses. [Ref: Settipani LGA p154]

different marriages have the goal to legitimize the possession of certain countries (Lydie, Medie, Egypt) by Kyros that, in spite of the conquest that he fit in, had the rights on them by his birth or by alliance. [Ref: Settipani LGA p155]

testimony of Herodote, absolutely definitely known at this point, proves that the mother of Kambyses (and of Bardiya) was the achemenide princess Kassandane, who died in 539 [Ref: Settipani LGA p155]

Pedigree of Kyros III The Great King Of Persia
                                              /-----Achaimenes
                                     /-----Teispes King Of Persia
                            /-----Kyros I King Of Persia
                   /-----Teispes King Of Persia
          /-----Kyros II King Of Persia
/-----Kambyses I King Of Persia
Kyros III The Great King Of Persia
|                                                               /-----Deiokes Prince Of Medie
|                                                      /-----Kyaxares Prince Of Medie
|                                             /-----Phraortes Prince Of Medie
|                                    /-----Deiokes King Of Medie
|                           /-----Phraortes I King Of Medie
|                  /-----Kyaxares I King Of Medie
|         /-----Astyages King Of Medie
\-----Mandane

Descendants of Kyros III The Great King Of Persia

1. Kyros III The Great King Of Persia m1. m2. Kassandane m3. Amytis m4. Neitetis

2+ Artystone m. Dareios I King Of Persia, Pharaoh Of Egypt

3+ Atossa m1. Kambyses II King Of Persia, Pharaoh Of Egypt m2. Gaumata Magii m3. Dareios I King Of Persia, Pharaoh Of Egypt

m. Kassandane father: Pharnaspes Achemenide Prince mother: Atossa

4+ Bardiya King Of Persia m.

5 Smerdis

6 Kambyses II King Of Persia, Pharaoh Of Egypt m1. Phaidyme m2. Neitetis m3. Atossa ; Neitetis father: Wahibre Pharaoh Of Egypt; Atossa father: Kyros III The Great King Of Persia

m. Amytis father: Astyages King Of Medie mother: Aryenis

m. Neitetis father: Wahibre Pharaoh Of Egypt

2nd generation

2. Artystone m. Dareios I King Of Persia, Pharaoh Of Egypt

m. Dareios I King Of Persia, Pharaoh Of Egypt father: Hystaspes Satrape Of Persia mother: Rhodogoune